Team

Our leadership and advisory team is comprised of futuristic thought leaders in machine learning analytics and retail industry expertise with the experience to provide advanced technology solutions to companies operating physical locations.

George Shaw

George Shaw

Founder and CEO

George Shaw is the Founder and CEO of Pathr.ai. An accomplished industry veteran working at the intersection of data and engineering, Shaw is a true innovator in the fields of spatial intelligence (coining the term), machine learning, artificial intelligence, and related technology solutions.

Prior to founding Pathr.ai, Shaw served as Senior Director of Technical R&D at AltSchool. He additionally held senior technical positions at Intel and Target, working respectively as a Principal Engineer and Principal Data Strategist in Consumer IoT.

Preceding Intel and Target, Shaw was a Technical Fellow & Scientific Advisor and Vice President of R&D at RetailNext, revolutionizing the way retailers generate and utilize data about how customers move through their stores. He also served as a consultant at Second Spectrum, implementing spatiotemporal pattern recognition and machine learning technology to provide real-time insights based on NBA player movements.

He has served as an advisor to multiple startups and emerging technology entities and was previously a senior lecturer and educator at Otis College of Art and Design. He additionally holds multiple U.S. patents for his inventive work in the areas of retail analytics methodology, customer movement and path analysis.

Shaw earned his B.A. from Boston University and M.S. from MIT.

Lance Goler

VP of Sales

Lance Goler is the VP of Sales at Pathr.ai. Lance has a 20+ year career as a sales executive in technology, media and entertainment. He uses a developed practice of value selling and modern sales methodologies to deliver scalable revenue growth and innovation for his clients.

He has held various senior leadership positions at a diverse list of technology companies, Pixlee TurnTo, FindMine, Aspire and Social Chorus. Prior to joining Pathr.ai, Lance spent time at Shopify in the enterprise segment of the business, helping Fortune 1000 retailers migrate to the leading commerce platform.

Lance earned a BA in Finance from George Washington University. He has spoken at numerous retail trade shows and commerce events. He is an avid jazz guitarist and tennis player and lives in The Hudson Valley with his wife and two children.

Claudia Molina

VP of Client Services

Claudia Molina is the VP of Client Services at Pathr.ai. Claudia has a 20+ year career in Retail, Financial Services and Technology. She uses her deep expertise in strategy, customer experience, product management, and partnership development to oversee product operations and value driven pilots and expansions with clients to achieve their business goals.

Prior to joining Pathr.ai, she served as Director in Global Operations at Meta, where her team implemented AI models for the Facebook and Instagram social media platforms, and was also SVP of Strategic Initiatives at Hudson’s Bay Company where she implemented new technology tools to increase profitability. She also drove significant improvements to the customer experience at JP Morgan Chase and American Express.

Claudia earned her B.S. in Engineering and B.S. in Economics from The University of Pennsylvania, and her MBA from Harvard Business School.

Jason Sadowski

Jason Sadowski, PhD

Head of Technology

Jason Sadowski is Head of Technology at Pathr.ai. Sadowski uses his 10 years of expertise in statistical inference, geospatial data analytics, and machine learning to lead new data science development and oversee analytic operations.

Prior to joining Pathr.ai, he served as a Fellow with the Insight Data Science program. Sadowski has multiple peer-reviewed publications applying A/B testing and hierarchical regression models to marine biology and was an adjunct professor at the University of San Francisco.

Sadowski earned his B.S. from Rutgers University and his PhD from UC Davis.

James Ouyang

Head of Engineering

James Ouyang is the Head of Engineering at Pathr.ai. He leads the engineering team, driving internal processes alongside his passion for spearheading technical development efforts.

Prior to Pathr.ai, he held roles as a Network Engineer at an Internet Backbone company and later as a Data Engineer on a 2020 U.S. Presidential campaign.

Ouyang earned his B.S. from Columbia University.

Advisory Board

Paco Underhill

Strategic Advisor and Former CEO
Envirosell; Author “Why We Buy”

Ken Jackowitz

Former Chief Product & Marketing Officer
Office Depot / CompuCom

Steen Graham

Founder, Stealth Startup;
Former GM / IoT & Edge AI Ecosystem, Intel

Mario Ciampi

Former COO, Children’s Place;
Former President, The Disney Store

Nate Ngerebara

Attorney, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Bharat Mediratta

Engineering Fellow, Coinbase; Former CTO, Dropbox;
President/CTO, AltSchool; Distinguished Engineer, Google

Rony Kubat

Chief Technology Officer, PhD Tulip Interfaces;
PhD MIT Media Lab

Birju Shah

Former Head of Product, Uber
Adjunct Professor, Northwestern University

Allan Haims

Former Sr VP Worldwide Disney Store, The Walt Disney Company
Former Vice President, Victoria’s Secret

Stacey Widlitz

Founder, SW Retail Advisors
Former TV Retail Analyst & Contributor, CNBC

Executive Advisors

Michelle Shevin

Technology Fellow, Ford Foundation
Adjunct Professor, NYU